On 08/14/2014 02:13 PM, Jim Gilbert(WTPL) wrote:
Hello,
We use Windows Steady State for our XP OPACs.
All other machines have been upgraded to Windows 7 and use the Faronics suite
(Deep Freeze, Anti-Executable, Anti-Virus) to achieve a clean reboot. When I
investigated moving away from Steady State (as it is not supported in Windows
7) I did find an engineer who essentially rewrote Steady State for the newer OS.
Microsoft I *believe* hired the person. Here's how you do it the
Microsoft way.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg176676(v=ws.10)
Otherwise I got a message back from ye olde job. This does (YMMV)
http://www.horizondatasys.com/en/products_and_solutions.aspx?ProductId=18
or Drive Vaccine from the same company.
./fxk
I'm not seeing that know (that was shortly after Windows 7 launches, so quite
awhile in IT terms).
James Gilbert, BS, MLIS
Systems Librarian
Whitehall Township Public Library
3700 Mechanicsville Road
Whitehall, PA 18052
610-432-4339 ext: 203
-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Francis
Kayiwa
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Particular (Peculiar?) Kiosk Solution Sought
On 08/14/2014 11:35 AM, Chris Amorosi wrote:
Hopefully someone can help me here!
I have an express 15 minute kiosk intended for quick printing or email
checks. When a user comes up to the station, they have to press a
button on screen to say they read/agree to the user policies of the
library before using the station. Every 5 minutes and on the last
minute they are warned about how much time they have left. At the end
of 15 minutes, everything is closed, the desktop is wiped, and they're
booted off. While a user (and abuser) could simply wait a moment as
the station resets and log back on, usually the inconvenience of
losing all their work every 15 minutes is enough to dissuade them from doing so.
We currently have a program that works like this, but it will only run
on XP. I'd like to update the station to 7, so I need a replacement.
Remote access would be a plus, but it's not necessary.
I'm not worried about keeping the station secure because we have Deep
Freeze. All I'm looking for is that timer functionality.
I haven't "done Windows" in a while.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725745.aspx
We solved this using a 15 minute scheduled task triggered by the logon that
would execute shutdown.exe
A sign on the machine saying it is shutting down in 15 will be useful.
Otherwise you can settle for reasonably priced Kiosk mode software that does
all of this.
Cheers,
./fxk
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